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Monday, November 8, 2010

Old-Fashioned Soft Pumpkin Cookies ~ Step Away from the Rack

When these Soft Old-Fashioned Pumpkin Cookies emerged from the oven early this morning, my loving husband took one look at them and shook his head in pity.

"Honey," he said, "you should really leave the baking to me. What went wrong here?"

Just returning back from a coffee run, he placed our cups atop the counter, grabbed a cookie and (with an expression akin to Anthony Bourdain before begrudgingly sipping on Palm Wine in Ghana...)cautiously took a bite.

The whole thing reeked of attitude! This was a delicate, beautiful cookie! Not fermented palm sap from a far away tree! But instead of saying a word...I simply looked away. I knew that cookie would speak for itself!

And speak it did!

One cookie turned to two...two to three... and there surely would have been a fourth if I hadn't stiff armed the man from the cooling rack - reminding him the cookies(he initially criticised) were for our darling daughter's adorable preschool snack day!

Still chewing...he slowly but graciously... backed away.

Moral of the story...do not let the "cakiness" of this cookie persuade you from giving them a try!

Resembling Elaine'sMuffin Tops(perhapsmore than a cookie)... these delectable treats are amazingly simple, perfectly moist and melt in your mouth delicious!---------------------------------------------

*Below you'll see for the kiddo's... I topped the Pumpkin Cookies with a simple drizzle of homemade cream cheese frosting.

15 comments:

I guess men everywhere are like that. Whenever something is a little different than what they are used to, they get very nervous. They want the known, the stable, but once you get them to try the new and like it, then this becomes the new stable for them. I like soft cookies and these look delicious.

I've never made soft cookies b/c I've always thought they look more like their tasteless low-fat cousins... you know how low-fat cookies are always rounded instead of chunky? These look amazing, I will try!